FWS/OBS-79/23 

 JULY 1979 



ECOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL/TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS 

 OF PETROLEUM ON AQUATIC BIRDS 



A Summary of Research Activities FY76 through FY78 



by 

 Lucille F. Stickel 



and 



Michael P. Dieter 



Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 



Fish and Wildlife Service 



U.S. Department of the Interior 



Laurel, Maryland 20810 



Howard D. Tait, FWS Project Officer 

 National Coastal Ecosystems Team 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



NASA-Slidell Computer Complex 



1010 Gause Boulevard 



Slidell, LA 70458 



Clinton Hall, EPA Project Officer 



Environmental Protection Agency 



Room 635 -West Tower (RD68T) 



401 M Street S.W. 



Washington, D.C. 20460 



This study was conducted 



in cooperation with the 



Environmental Protection Agency 



Office of Research and Development 



Performed for 



Coastal Ecosystems Project 



Biological Services Program 



Fish and Wildlife Service 



U.S. Department of the Interior 



